HOME ECONOMICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 15

HOME ECONOMICS.

ADDRESS ON FIRST AID. Some of the general principles governing the rendering of first aid in minor accidents were outlined in the course of an address and demonstration given by Mrs. E. Cammell, lady corps superintendent of the St. John Ambulance Brigade at the monthly meeting of the Auckland branch of the Home Economics Association. The meeting, which was held in the Seddon Memorial Technical College assembly hall last evening, was well attended. The president, Miss B. Carnachcin, presided.

The speaker emphasised the necessity for every man and woman to have a knowledge of first aid because emergencies frequently arose when much suffering might be averted and a life might even be saved through application of these principles. It was essential for people to keep calm and to use their common sense in such emergencies while the doctor was being summoned, Mrs. Cammell said. She then proceeded to deal briefly with such accidents as bleeding, fractures, scalds, burne, fainting, drowning and sunstroke, outlining the treatment to be used in each case until the doctor arrived. The various causes of unconsciousness were also mentioned and the means that should be adopted to bring the patient round again. In each case the speaker explained why the treatment recommended was beneficial and why other treatments were dangerous.

At the close of her address, Mrs. Cammell demonstrated the application of bandages for pressure in cases of bleeding, for wounds on the head, elbow or Ifnee, and the application of slings. She also demonstrated how to apply artificial respiration, which she said everyoiie in Auckland should bo able to apply since there were eo many bathing accidents during the summer months.